Samson scan type

Samson Scan type

Ship data Ship type Heavy lift ship Shipping company Blaesbjerg, Aarhus, Denmark draft Martin Jansen, Leer Shipyard Jansen shipyard , Leer Construction period 1976 to 1977 Units built 3 Cruising areas Worldwide trip

Ship dimensions and crew length 89.61 m ( Lüa ) width 17.07 m Side height 8.53 m measurement 3931 (1843) BRT 1916 (1096) NRT

Machine system machine Diesel engine Machine performance 3,670 hp (2,699 kW)

Transport capacities Load capacity 6600 dw

The Samson Scan type was a series of three heavy lift ships from the Jansen shipyard in Leer .

details

The ships built in the years 1976-77 Samson scan , Hermes Scan and Mammoth scan was commissioned by the Danish shipping Blæsbjerg & Co. As the owner companies were in Aarhus Rederikommanditselskabet Bulk Tramp those Rederikommanditselskabet Supertrans and Heavy Trans K / S founded. After delivery, the ships were used for global heavy cargo transports. On January 2, 1981, the Mammoth Scan, the last built and most powerful ship of the trio , sank . The two remaining ships were sold in 1985 to the German heavy lift shipping company Schiffahrtkontor Altes Land (SAL). From 1989/90 both ships drove as a bard team and bride team for a Norwegian shipping company. The latter sank in early June 1991 on a journey from Xingang to Eregli in position 06 ° 04'N / 088 ° 51'E off the east coast of Sri Lanka, the remaining Bard team finally went on December 24, 1999 at position 06 ° 01'S / 78 ° 39'E lost.

technology

The first two ships each had two Stülcken heavy lift gear with a load capacity of 150 tons each. The two heavy lift harnesses of the last ship built had a significantly increased load capacity of 250 tons each. In addition, all ships had a movable bulk lift DK70-10A9,5TG crane with a 10 tonne load capacity.

The ships

Heavy lift ships of the Samson Scan type
Building name	IMO number	Shipyard / construction number	Launched into service	Owner / shipping company	Renaming and whereabouts
Samson scan	7503635	Jansen / 143	1976 1976	Rederikommanditselskabet Bulk Tramp Blæsbjerg & Co., Aarhus	1985 → Antje , 1989 → Barde Team , coming from Singapore on December 24, 1999 with a load of steel pipes sunk at position 06 ° 01'S / 78 ° 39'E
Hermes scan	7507564	Jansen / 144	1976 1976	Rederikommanditselskabet Supertrans Blæsbjerg & Co., Aarhus	1985 → Annegret , December 1988 → Houston , 1990 → Braut Team , abandoned on June 6, 1991 on a journey from Xingang to Eregli off the east coast of Sri Lanka and sunk in position 06 ° 04'N / 088 ° 51'E the following day
Mammoth scan	7700142	Jansen / 145	1976 1977	Heavy Trans K / S Blæsbjerg & Co., Aarhus	Capsized on October 15, 1980 while deleting steel in Abu Dhabi, lifted two weeks later, destined for repairs to Leer on November 13, towed by the Groenland , on December 28 in bad weather off Algeria drag line torn, on December 31 again in Towed and anchored off Málaga on January 2, 1981, but referred to sea by the Spanish port authorities and sunk there on the same day

literature

• Jansen shipyard brochure, around 1980
• Ireland, Bernard: The Busy Channel . 1st edition. Ian Allan Ltd, Shepperton / London 1981, ISBN 0-7110-1138-9 , pp. 100 .

Web links

• ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: list of ships of the Danish merchant fleet 1978 ) (Danish; PDF; 8.6 MB)

Single receipts

1. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: reference list of Bulklift AS ) (PDF; 79 kB)
2. ↑ The Samson Scan at ems-schiffe.
3. ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: The Hermes Scan ) at uim.marine (French)
4. ↑ The Mammoth Scan at wrecksite (English)